The Isthmus Of Darien In 1852. Journal Of The Expedition Of Inquiry For The Junction Of The Atlantic And Pacific Oceans. ; With Four Maps

London: Saunders And Stanford, 1853. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. publisher's dark green cloth decorated in blind, front cover and spine lettered in gilt. Very good. 238 pages. 20 x 13 cm. Maps are tinted. Gisborne, a British engineer went to Ireland in 1842 as a resident engineer to improve the navigability of the Shannon River, deepening and rebuilding bridges. Later he worked on the Upper Shannon and was appointed Engineer in Chief. He died in 1861 at the early age of thirty-eight. Maps: all are foldouts -- Central America, Topographical Map (Portion of Darien in site of Proposed Inter-Oceanic Navigation August 1852), Darien Ship Navigation & Darien Ship Navigation. Interior contents fresh and clean.